Fully collapsible headset
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1. A headset assembly which is adapted to engage a user'"'"'s head and ears to provide noise protection, cold protection or listening to sound signals;
- including in combination;
ear-cup members for engagement with user'"'"'s ears;
a headband portion comprised of a pair of side arm members, each side arm member having a proximal end and a distal end, with said side arm members coupled together at their proximal end by a first hinge assembly, with each of said distal ends having a second hinge assembly coupled to a support member, with said support member structurally arranged to receive and mount said ear-cup members;
wherein said ear-cup members are operatively connected to said support member by a third hinge assembly; and
whereby said first hinge assembly permits said side arm members to articulate between a collapsed position and an operating position, with said first hinge assembly including a cam member which selectively biases said headband portion into and in said collapsed position.
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A fully collapsible headset assembly includes a headband portion formed by side arm members articulated together by a flexible hinge member. The flexible hinge member includes an elastic cam member, the force of which is released to maintain the assembly in either an operating or collapsed position, as desired. In the collapsed position, the tension of the cam member maintains a permanent pressure and the headband assembly forms a cavity in which the facing ear-cups are retained.
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1. A headset assembly which is adapted to engage a user'"'"'s head and ears to provide noise protection, cold protection or listening to sound signals;
- including in combination;
ear-cup members for engagement with user'"'"'s ears;
a headband portion comprised of a pair of side arm members, each side arm member having a proximal end and a distal end, with said side arm members coupled together at their proximal end by a first hinge assembly, with each of said distal ends having a second hinge assembly coupled to a support member, with said support member structurally arranged to receive and mount said ear-cup members;
wherein said ear-cup members are operatively connected to said support member by a third hinge assembly; and
whereby said first hinge assembly permits said side arm members to articulate between a collapsed position and an operating position, with said first hinge assembly including a cam member which selectively biases said headband portion into and in said collapsed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- including in combination;
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